[House  Bill,  No,  3.  J 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  De^mber  22d,  1863.— Ken. 1 
lirpt  and  second  times  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[I>y  Mr.  HF.isKr.LL,  from  Committee  on  Judiciary.) 


A.  J3ILL 

To  prohibit  dealing  in  the  paper  currency  of  the  enemy. 

1  Section   1.   The  Congress  of  the.  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact.  That  no  broker,  banker  or   dealer   in   exchange  or  person 

3  concerned  in  trade,  as  a  merchant  or  vender  of  merchandize  of 
i  any  description,  shall  buy,  sell,  take  or   have  in  possession,  any 

0  paper  currency  of  the  United  States. 

1  Sec.  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall 

2  forfeit  the  amount  so  bought,  sold,  taken  or  held  in  possession  • 

3  a  sum  equal  thereto,  be  fined  not  less  than  ($1,000,)  one  the  - 
■1  sand  dollars,  nor  more  than  twenty  thousand  dollars  ($20,000,) 
b  and  be  imprisoned  not  less  than  three  months  nor  more  than  three 
6  years. 


AMENDMENTS. 

[By  Mr.  Machen.] 

1  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

2  it  shall    not   be    lawful    for  any   person  within  the  Confederate 

3  kitates  to  use  in  trade,  or  in  any  way  circulate  therein  the  paper 

4  currency  of  the  United  States.     And  any  person  who  shall  trade 

5  in,  or  attempt  to  circulate  said  currency  withifi  the  Confederate 
G  States,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  high  misdemeanor,  and  punishable  by 

7  fine  or   imprisonment,  or   by   both   tine  and   imprisonment,  and 

8  forfeiture  of  the  funds  so  attempted  to  bo  used,  or  so  used  at  the 
0  discretion    of  a  jury,    before    any  of  the  district    courts  of  the 

10  Confederate  States,  under  such    regulations  as  prevail  in  other 

11  cases  of  high  misdemeanoriS :    Provided,    Postage  stamps   of  the 

12  United  States  are  not  embraced  in  the  provisions  of  this  act,  nor 

13  shall    it  apply  to  citizens  of  the  Confederate    States   who  are 

14  within  the  lines  of  the  enemy,  so  long  as  they  so  remain. 


[By  Mr.  Clapp.] 

Amend  by  striking  out  section  secondhand  inserting  in  lieu  thereof, 
as  follows : 

1  Sec.  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall 

2  be  subject  to  indictment  and  prosecution  in  the  Confederate  court, 

3  holden  for  the  district  within  which  the  ofifence  was  committed,  and 


3 

i  shall,  upon  conviction,  forfeit  the  amount  so  bought,  sold,  circu- 

.3  latetl,  or  used,  or  a  sum  equal  thereto,   and   shall  be   moreover 

6  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  more  than   twenty  thousand  dollars,  nor 

7  less  than  five  hundred,  and  be  imprisoned  not  less  than  three 
-S  months,  nor  more  than  three  years,  at  the  discretion  of  said 
i)  court  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  judges  of  the  seveiHl  Confed- 

1<»  eratc  courts  to    give   this   act  specially  in  charge  to  the   grand 

1 1  jury. 


[By  Mr.  Currv.] 

1  Amend  by  striking  out  "  have  in  possession,'"  and  insert  in 

2  lieu  thereof:   "  circulate,  or  in  any  manner  trade  in." 


[Ry  Mr.  Chilton.] 

1  Provided,  That  the  purchase  of  postage  stamps  shall  not  be 

2  considered  a  violation  of  this  act. 


[By  Mr.  Davidson.] 

1         x\fter  the  words,  "  merchant  or  vender,"  insert,  '*  or  any  other 
.  2    person." 


